Window-fitting for blinds.



F. P. OOWDROY. WINDOW FITTING FOR BLINDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1913.

1,095,083. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK FORD COWDROY, OF NORTH SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

WINDOW-FITTING FOR BLINDS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK FORD CowDRoY', a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 811 Miller street, North Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow-Fittings for Blinds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the hanging of roller blinds to windows and the supporting of curtain poles, and is devised with the object of eliminating the unsightly and frequently damaging effect of the repeated ing of ordinary brackets to the window frames by various occupants of a house to accommodate blinds of different widths, and also to provide means whereby blinds of considerable variation in width (and ourtain-poles) may be fitted with a minimum of trouble and in such a manner that the roller and pole may be raised or lowered at will and retained in any desired position.

According to this invention the brackets for receiving the pivot pins of the blind roller are slidably mounted upon horizontal members which are themselves capable of vertical adjustment by means of sliding rods working one on each of a pair of vertical guides afiiXed at the sides of the window, the said sliding rods being engaged by spring clips or other fastenings of known type so that they may be retained in any desired position within limits. If it is desired to similarly provide for the vertically adjustable support of curtain poles the brackets therefor are fitted to the upper ends of the sliding rods. Pinching screws are provided where required for retaining the parts in their required relative positions.

The invention is best described with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred construction and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window with this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upper portions of the sliding rods and guides, also the horizontal members which are shown extensibly connected to form a rigid bar for the purpose hereinafter explained. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side sectional elevation on a larger scale showing the preferred method of fitting the curtain pole brackets.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 17, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Serial No. 754,735.

In the drawings A is a window and B. B. the architraves on which are aiiixed the T- shaped guides C. C. Sliding rods D. D. are formed at their upper ends into clips E. E. to embrace freely the said guides, while the lower ends are engaged by suitable spring devices F. F. such as are commonly used in connection with fan-light operating devices.

The horizontal members G. G. in the form of flat bars which overlap each other as at H (see Figs. 2 and 3), their ends being preferably formed into reversed clips J. J, are secured tothe clips E E a distance from their ends, so that. the ends of the members project beyond said clips. A stud L in one bar passes through a slot K in the other and a nut L thereon serves to pinch the bars together and prevent relative movement. The brackets M. M. for the roller pivot-pins are affixed to the members l N. designed and adapted to slide on the horizontal members G. G. and secured in the correct position thereon by pinching screws 0. O.

The object of joining the horizontal members G. G. in the manner shown is to enable the distance between the clips E. E. to be adjusted to suit any ordinary window, and the length having been so adjusted to prevent unequal Vertical movement of the sliding rods .1). D. whereby the distance between the brackets M. M. might be increased .and the blind roller P consequently fall out.

In order that the members N may pass the T-guides C and be moved to the outer ends of the members G, a washer Q is inserted between each member G and the corresponding clip E. By this means blind rollers longer than the width of the window may be used. hen it is desired to provide for the support of a curtain-pole such as R, a portion S of each clip E is during manufacture (and it is assumed that die-stamping would be adopted) embossed (see Figs. 2 and 4) to form a socket within which the tang T of the bracket T is fitted, so that the curtain-pole T is adjustable vertically with the blind roller.

In the construction herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings the lowest possible position of the movable parts is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The appliances are intended to form part of the permanent fixtures of a house, and by their means blinds of various widths (within reasonable limits) and curtain poles may be fitted to a window without the necessity of screwing up brackets in special positions to suit the particular length of blind-roller, and with the additional advantage that the latter may be retained in any desired position between the limits of movement, and be lower-ed when and as required to a convenient position for manipulation.

That I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Window fittings for blinds comprising guides secured to the window moldings, members slidably mounted on the guides, means for adjustably securing the members on the guides, a curtain pole support at the upper ends of the said members, a horizontal bar formed of two members slidable one upon the other, the members of the bar being each secured to the sliding members with their outer ends projecting beyond the said members, means for adjustably securing the members of the bar together, a blind roller bearing slidably mounted on each member of said bar, said roller bearings being adapted to slide onto the projecting outer ends of said bar members, and means for securing said bearing in position.

2. Window fittings for blinds,

comprising guides on the window moldings, members having clips at their upper ends slidably with which the lower ends of the rods en- 1 gage, curtain pole brackets having shanks engaging the sockets, a bar formed of sections sliding one upon the other and each secured to the said clips with their outer ends projecting beyond the clips, and roller bearings slidably mounted on the members of the said bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK FORD COVVDROY. WVitnesses WM. NEWTON, CHAS. HATToN.

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